World

Tags:

Rescuers in Indonesia Locate Wreckage of Russian Jetliner

Indonesian rescue helicopters have spotted the wreckage of a Russian jetliner that disappeared Wednesday during a demonstration flight with up to 50 people on board.

Tags:

Clinton says Pakistan should do more against terror

173a61e0d1d510f2.jpg
A day after accusing Islamabad of not doing enough to book Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistan-based terrorist blamed for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday called on Pakistan to do more to crack down on violent extremism.

Tags:

US sending envoy to help India cut Iran oil imports

The United States is sending a team of energy experts to help India reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, while acknowledging that New Delhi has cut back its oil imports from Tehran.

Tags:

Amid civil war concerns in Syria, envoy describes ongoing violence as ‘unacceptable’

513077-annan_0_0.jpg
Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League, briefs reporters in Geneva.

Tags:

DR Congo Tension Palpable As Army’s Ceasefire Ends

A Democratic Republic of Congo researcher says north Kivu residents are expressing concerns about a resumption of violence as the national army’s imposed ceasefire expires Wednesday.

Tags:

Radical left Syriza party gets mandate to form Greek government

784cc3a65cc339e9.jpg
After Greece's mainstream conservatives failed to cobble together a coalition, the radical leftist Syriza party was Tuesday given the mandate to start building a unity government.

Tags:

Israel PM forges unity government, gets freer hand on Iran, Palestine

e37b111766b582a7.jpg
Avoiding early general elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a deal with the opposition Kadima party to form a unity government.

Tags:

Al Qaeda bid to target US-bound plane foiled ahead of bin Laden death anniversary

2619ae8d8b6fa39f.jpg
America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has claimed to have foiled an Al Qaeda bid to target a US-bound plane ahead of the death of anniversary of slain terrorist leader Osama bin-Laden.

Tags:

Opposition boycotts Syrian parliament elections

c9da5809790b17fa.jpg
The Syrian government Monday held the first multi-party parliament elections in 50 years in what President Bashar al Assad's regime called political reforms but the opposition boycotted the polls calling the exercise a sham that was aimed to preserve the dictator rule.

Tags:

Ignoring protests, Putin takes over as Russian president for third time

1d9b3a27302ecfeb.jpg
Vladimir V. Putin took over as Russian president for the third time Monday, even as hundreds protested against his taking over the mantle again.